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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Help Make the Selvage Blog Group Quilt!!

All I know about this quilt is that it was made by Jared. I found the photo floating around in Cyberspace. What a dazzling quilt! I'm thinking about making one of these...with 1.25" strips!

I tried one of these many years ago before I knew how to avoid ending up with a giant C-shaped thing! Haha.Now I'm patient enough to press each seam before adding the next strip. Also, sew in sections, then connect the sections. I still don't pin something like this. That's over-doing it!

This might be a cool group project where everyone sews a portion of the quilt top, say: 6" x 55." Six inches will be 7 strips. Do you want to make one and mail it to me? I'll turn it into a quilt and we'll have a Giveaway here. Wow, this whole idea developed as I wrote this post! Mail your "block" to me at 39 East Chestnut Hill Rd., Litchfield, CT 06759.

I'll show you my block tomorrow. Cut 1.25" strips x any length. You have to attach some to get to 55." No foundation necessary. These are not selvages, just regular fabric.

21 comments:

Are those selvage strips or just 1.25" strips and were they cut lengthwise to be 55" or cross wise and pieced? Also, are they sewn on a foundation. I would like to make a section once I understand the process completely

For those who might need process (non-selvage) notes, check the blog of The Unruly Quilter, Tonya Ricuccci, and look at her legoes quilt (her version is named Ellis Island, mine is named Dumpster Diving, and there are lots of others, too).

I'm wondering if you added each skinny strip on to the next one sewing in opposite directions each time? I have read about doing that to prevent a curvature from forming. Perhaps your pressing guidelines in the next post prevent that. Thoughts? This is a great idea and I love Tonya's Legos as well.

Karen, I want to play too. I'll start mine now and get it to you as soon as possible. I hope I'm not too late. I finally got a blog started and can play along with others! I'm surprized we are not using "just selvages" for our strings, but either way -- it's my cup of tea, so to speak.

We recently launched a new line of Cotton Solids that are 100% Made in America (americanmadebrand.com). I'm planning a blog tour thru each of the 50 states - "Travel the US! No Gas Required!". It involves designing a new license plate for your state, writing instructions for making it, blogging about it with a fabric giveaway (we'll provide) and then selling your block pattern (or offering as a free download).

Few things to help you envision:- License plates are 12” W x 6” H, so that’s the size of everyone’s finished block. I’d want you to send me an unfinished block (12 ½” x 6 ½”) to make into a full 50 state show quilt.- You can use whatever technique & tools you’d like but would need to use our cottons. I’ll send you each 13 x 7” cuts of our 50 solids to work with.- My plan is to run the tour 2 states/day, M-F, in order of yr of statehood starting on 5/19.

Since you’re in Connecticut, state #5, would you be able to design a fun block for a 5/21 blog post?

We recently launched a new line of Cotton Solids that are 100% Made in America (americanmadebrand.com). I'm planning a blog tour thru each of the 50 states - "Travel the US! No Gas Required!". It involves designing a new license plate for your state, writing instructions for making it, blogging about it with a fabric giveaway (we'll provide) and then selling your block pattern (or offering as a free download).

Few things to help you envision:- License plates are 12” W x 6” H, so that’s the size of everyone’s finished block. I’d want you to send me an unfinished block (12 ½” x 6 ½”) to make into a full 50 state show quilt.- You can use whatever technique & tools you’d like but would need to use our cottons. I’ll send you each 13 x 7” cuts of our 50 solids to work with.- My plan is to run the tour 2 states/day, M-F, in order of yr of statehood starting on 5/19.

Since you’re in Connecticut, state #5, would you be able to design a fun block for a 5/21 blog post?

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Quilt-making is my passion. I love the creative process. Why "Selvage Quilter?"
See my book: "Quilts from the Selvage Edge" published by American Quilter's Society. Be sure to visit my shop: www.Etsy.com/Shop/KarenGriskaQuilts.
My husband and I live in the beautiful hills of Litchfield, Connecticut. We have two grown sons: a photographer in NYC, and a retailer/artist in CT. Our DIL is studying to be a Physician's Assistant.
We enjoy hiking, photography, watching movies, eating pizza, and visiting with family.